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[Resolved] The contents in the Footnotes block of WP can be translated on ATE.
This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.
Problem: You are trying to translate the contents in the Footnotes block on your pages using the Advanced Translation Editor (ATE), but the contents cannot be found for translation. Solution: 1. Navigate to your WordPress Dashboard > WPML > Settings > Custom Fields Translation. 2. Search for "footnote" and set it to "Translate". 3. Click the blue save button. 4. Visit the page containing the footnote and make a change in the original language to trigger the need for a translation update. 5. Open the Advanced Translation Editor. You will find a search bar at the top. Search for the content of the Footnote, and you should be able to find it. 6. Ensure you copy the entire code as is, and only change the text inside. For example, for a code like this:
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Background of the issue:
I am trying to translate the contents in the Footnotes block on my pages using ATE, similar to how I translate the whole page contents. I love the Footnotes block because it's one of the native blocks that can be used on posts and pages. I also plan to use it more on new posts in the future and need it to be translatable on ATE. I haven't tried to translate a post that includes footnotes yet, but I hope it won't be a problem on either pages or posts. Link to a page where the issue can be seen: hidden link
Symptoms:
The contents in the Footnotes block of WP can't be found to be translated on ATE.
Questions:
Why can't the contents in the Footnotes block be found for translation on ATE?
How can I ensure that the Footnotes block contents are translatable on ATE for both pages and posts?
Thank you for managing and following it up.
I'm not sure if it belongs to a bug or improvement report. Meanwhile, I'm afraid there is a suitable enough method currently to handle this kind of translation no matter whether by using String Translation or Plugin/Theme Translations.
Can you advise me on how can I try to complete the translations of the footnotes on a a page/post in a temporary way?
Looking forward to the conclusion and solution!
Thanks,
Green
Our awesome second-tier support provided a solution:
- Go to WordPress Dashboard > WPML > Settings > Custom Fields Translation.
- Search for "footnote" and set it as "Translate". (check the screenshot)
- Click the blue save button.
- Go to the page containing the footnote.
- Do a change on the original language to force the need for a translation update.
- Go to the Advanced Translation Editor.
- You will see a search bar at the top. Search for the content of the Footnote and you will find it.
- Make sure you copy the whole code as is, and only change the text inside.
Example:
For a code like this:
[{"content":"Christopher
Hello there!
General Kenobi!","id":"10def6f4-bf19-4e47-860e-aa9bfe4af89e"}]
You need to have a translation like this:
[{"content":"Christopher translated
Hello there! translated
General Kenobi! translated","id":"10def6f4-bf19-4e47-860e-aa9bfe4af89e"}]
For more information on how to search content inside Advanced Translation Editor:
I just found there's a typo on the title of this topic - The contents in the Footnotes block of WP can be translated on ATE. - It should be "can't" as the same sentence in the context, I hope it doesn't bother you too much if it could be corrected.
Thank you for providing me with two solutions, I have tried the 2nd and the simple one.
There are several statuses of certain pages/posts on the list of "Translations queue" under WPML -> Translation turned into "Completed - Needs update" after I applied the solution. I don't know if it is a coincidence.
The page I asked with this issue has been translated successfully: hidden link
I also completed updating the translations of a few of those pages/posts that show "Needs update" without footnotes on them.
However, the ATE doesn't allow me to complete the translations of each footnote field. Please see the attached screenshot with marks in red "Custom field of Footnotes (on a post) - Job not finished - Save and complete the translation of all sentences, then finish the job"
The link to the article: hidden link
I also tried to translate the field in the ATE with different content, but the fields still turn orange from green, so the ATE still notices that I have to save and complete the translations.
I have tried to do the same regular operations I can do therefore I replied this situation. I've tried it again, it seems to work this time, but there's still something weird.
Please see the uploaded recording video: hidden link
I don't know why it didn't work (turn from orange to green) till I clicked the Save Translations when the popup appeared. The popup didn't appear last time, and the fields don't work if there's no popup I can click Save.
I'm not sure if this issue has been solved because I don't know if the whole process is regularly working fine or not.
After clicking the tick button you need to wait for a few seconds for the orange middle line to turn into green.
And then click the other tick button. That way you will make sure all the items are in green.
From the video, I see that you quickly click them and the Javascript code does not get time to complete the process and it goes to the paragraph after the orange one which causes the orange one to still be orange.
If you do the process a little bit slower it will work with no issues.
The issue for this ticket is fixed and you are welcome to update WPML to version 4.7 and String Translation plugin to version 3.3.0 to see the Footnote feature working with Advanced Translation Editor.
It's been a long time, how do you do?
That's great news! I have tried to remove the old codes used as the previous solution from Custom XML Configuration to check.
Then, I picked up an article for example hidden link to see the related translation fields in English in the ATE, found the fields with marks like "field-footnotes-0-2-content" remain. All should have been well with the footnote translations though I didn't do further check in a new editing but a simple test. I believe you all have done the necessary tests for it.
Thanks for the feature improvement and your kind update!
Green
